Horseshoe



(No Model.)

G. W. BOWEN.

. 'HORSESHOE.

No; 285.215. TPatented Sept. 18, 1883.

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UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. BOWEN, or roar WAYNE, INDIANA.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,215, dated September 18, 1883.

Application filed January 9, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE W, BOWEN, of Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of horseshoes having a continuous web or flange on its bottom face extending from heel to heel along its outer edge; and it consists of a horseshoe gradually decreasing in thickness from toe to heel, the taper being on its under face, and provided with a continuous calk extending downwardly from heel to heel along the outer edge of the bottom of the shoe, and made integral therewith, the said calk being flaredoutw'ardly to form an enlarged bearing for the foot 'of a horse, of the same thickness as the shoe at its junction therewith and gradually tapering downward to a thin edge, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a planof my improved shoe inverted. Fig. 2 is a section on line as w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section online yy.

I take a flat bar of steel about a quarter of an inch thick and of sutflcient width to form the shoe proper, a, andthecalk b, which steel bar is tapered or drawn out from its center toward each end of the bar, so that the shoe proper, a, when formed, will be thickest at its toe'part and gradually diminish in thickness toward the ends of the shoe, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, whereby a lighter shoe will be produced than the ordinary shoe, with greater weight at its toe, which is a desideratum, and,

after bending said bar to the form of a horseshoe, form a continuous flange along the outer edge thereof and integral therewith by swaging, stamping, or pressing the flange down-- ward from the outer edge of the bar, using dies that will at the same time incline the flange outwardly, form it of the same thickters Patent, is-

ness as the shoe at its junction therewith at 0, (see Fig. 2,) and cause the flange to taper downwardly and reduce the lower edge to the required thickness for making the edge as sharp as may be required, which may vary to some extent, according to the kind of service in,

which the horse is to be employed and the nature of the ground. The calk, being thus turned down all round, forms the natural support that the-horse needs at the edge of the hoof, enabling him to travel easier and safer,

dered lighter, the continuous calk or flange is more securely attached to the shoe, and at the same time the bearing of the horses foot I on the ground is enlarged and slipping prevented.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- As an improved article of manufacture,.a horseshoe gradually decreasing in thickness from toe to heel, the taper being on its under face, and provided with the continuous calk 1), extending downwardly from heel to heel along the outer edge of the bottom of the shoe, and made integral therewith, the said calk being flared outwardly to form an enlarged bearing for the foot of a horse, of the same thickness as the shoe at its junction therewith and gradually tapering downward to a thin edge at its lowerend, as set forth.

GEORGE W. BOJVVEN. Witnesses:

JOHN GILBERT, WM. MILL R. 

